Trevor Morais
{{short description|British drummer}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Liverpool, England
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| occupation = Drummer
| years_active = 1961–present
| associated_acts = Bjork
Faron's Flamingos
Rory Storm and The Hurricanes
Ian Crawford & the Boomerangs
The Song Peddlers
The Peddlers
Quantum Jump
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Trevor Morais (born 10 October 1944) is an English drummer who has been a member of several notable groups such as Faron's Flamingos, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, The Peddlers, Quantum Jump and the Elkie Brooks backing band. He is also a session musician who has played on recordings by Tina Turner, David Essex, Howard Jones and Björk.
Early career
Born in Liverpool, Morais was the drummer in the groups Faron's Flamingos and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, replacing Ringo Starr after he left to join The Beatles.Stuff.co.nz, Jun 16 2013 - [http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/8782413/Mood-music-for-the-meth-lab Mood music for the meth-lab - Grant Smithies] According to Finding The Fourth Beatle by David Bedford and Garry Popper, Morais had been considered as a possible drummer for the Beatles, but Morais was an attraction and they did not want him with all of his showmanship.Finding The Fourth Beatle: The 23 drummers who put the beat behind the Fab Three, By David Bedford, Garry Popper - [https://books.google.com/books?id=NcltDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Trevor+Morais%22The+Peddlers%22&pg=PT616 August 1962: Almost the Fourth Beatle - Trevor Morais] Some time later, Morais was a member of Ian Crawford & the Boomerangs. He also tried to form his own group but gave up on the idea when he was invited to join a group called The Song Peddlers which would later be known as The Peddlers.Mersey Beat - [http://www.triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/a-z/liverpool-beat4.shtml On My Liverpool Beat (cont.), FLAMINGOS By Bill Harry]KinemaGigz - [https://www.kinemagigz.com/%27p%27.htm#The Peddlers Biogz 'P The Peddlers]
In April 1964, The Peddlers line-up consisted of Morais on drums,Nostalgia Central - [https://nostalgiacentral.com/music/artists-l-to-z/artists-p/peddlers-the/ Peddlers, The] keyboard playing singer Roy Phillips and bassist Tab Martin. They were a hip looking jazz and blues group.Dangerous Minds, 05.07.2012 - [https://dangerousminds.net/comments/meet_the_peddlers_manchesters_legendary_jazz_rock_group Meet The Peddlers: Manchester’s legendary jazz/rock group]
In the "Drummer" category, Morais came no. 7 in the 1967 Beat Instrumental Gold Star Awards.Beat Instrumental, Feb. 1967 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Beat-Instrumental/6802-Beat-Instrumental-1968-02-OCR.pdf Page 20 BEAT INSTRUMENTAL'S 1967 GOLD STAR AWARDS, DRUMMER]
He stayed with the group until he left in 1972.Nostalgia Central - [https://nostalgiacentral.com/music/artists-l-to-z/artists-p/peddlers-the/ Peddlers, The] He was replaced by New Zealander, Paul Johnston.Nostalgia Central - [https://nostalgiacentral.com/music/artists-l-to-z/artists-p/peddlers-the/ Music - 1960s Peddlers, The]
Later career
Morais played drums on Tina Turner's 1984 hit "Better Be Good to Me".WhoSampled - [https://www.whosampled.com/Tina-Turner/Better-Be-Good-to-Me/ Better Be Good to Me by Tina Turner] Morais' drumming on the song was noted by Chris Welch in his book, The Tina Turner Experience where he said that Morais' stomping drums seemed to develop as much excitement as the Revue days.The Tina Turner experience, Chris Welch - [https://books.google.com/books?id=rTFfUJd4vt4C&q=%22Trevor+Morais Page 213]
During the 1990s, Morais was the drummer in Björk's touring band. In 1996 after an extensive tour, accepting an offer from Morais, Björk went to his studio in Málaga, Spain and ended up recording her Homogenic album there.Encyclopedia of Icelandic Music - [https://books.google.com/books?id=BUdqUahOkvgC&dq=%22Trevor+Morais%22Bj%C3%B6rk+drummer&pg=PA321 Page 321 Production, Málaga Sessions]Björk's Homogenic, By Emily Mackay - [https://books.google.com/books?id=jC8zDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Trevor+Morais%22Bj%C3%B6rk+drummer&pg=PA15 Page 15]
References
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Category:Musicians from Liverpool
Category:Rory Storm and the Hurricanes members